Friday, August 4, 2017

Retro Dark Horse

Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi

The Jabba the Hutt one-shots by Dark Horse fall into a category between the overly serious Dark Empire story and the kid orient Marvel Droids and Ewok titles.  They are along the same vein as one of Dark Horse's earliest original Star Wars offerings, Droids; they do not take themselves too seriously, but they are not as insipid as the final stories told in Marvel's original Star Wars title.  These Jabba stories are quite good considering the one-dimensional nature of the Jabba character.

The second one-shot is title Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi.  In the story, Jabba is returning to Tatooine but is tricked into raiding a starship he assumes is easy prey, but ends up captured by the ship's owner, Princess Nampi.  Princess Nampi is an Orooturooan, a species that looks similar to the Hutt species, only much larger.  Jabba is able to take advantage of circumstances created by one of Jabba's henchmen, Scuppa, who is eaten by Princess Nampi.  Jabba had a vial of acid implanted into Scuppa's skull, which he opens via remote control, killing Nampi.  In the end, Jabba is able to take the treasure from Nampi's ship.

Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi a
- Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (June 1995)
Despite appearing on the cover, there are no Gamorrean Guards inside the comic.  Also shown on the cover are Weequay, which make up the bulk of Jabba's crew.

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